JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, cilt.93, sa.10, ss.8498-8500, 2003 (SCI-Expanded)
We have studied the effect of heat treatment on the magnetic properties and on the martensitic transition of the Ni50Mn30Al20 alloy. A mixed L2(1)+B2 state is obtained in the as-prepared sample, while no L2(1) order is retained in the sample quenched from high temperature. For the two heat treatments, the samples order antiferromagnetically, but there is evidence of coexisting ferromagnetic interactions. A martensitic transition occurs below the magnetic one for quenched samples. However, the martensitic transition is inhibited in the as-prepared sample. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.